Dwyer said she was concerned about the song's effect on her children and grandchildren and said she planned to file a strong protest with Warner Bros. What a good shot man A man Has gun Hey man Have fun Nice shot Now that the smoke's gone And the air is all clear Those who were right there Got a new kind of fear You'd fight and you were right But they were just to strong They'd stick it in your face And let you smell what they consider wrong That's why I say hey man nice, nice shot What a. 'Oh no,' Joanne Dwyer said upon hearing of the record. When anyone mentions the band Filter, the first thing to come to mind is probably their smash hit, Hey Man, Nice Shot. I don't think it would be fair, and I certainly wouldn't want us to sell any records at the expense of this guy's family.' But Dwyer's widow, now living in Arizona, was offended. 'I really don't want this guy's family to have to deal with it. ![]() He had the guts to stand up for what he believed.' Patrick said he didn't mean to offend anyone. 'It's about a guy that kind of made a statement, a final one. '(The song) is about a public official who committed suicide at a press conference,' Patrick is quoted as saying in the August issue of Request magazine. Filter band member Richard Patrick, who wrote the song now climbing the alternative rock charts, said it was inspired by Dwyer's suicide. ![]() 22, 1987, Dwyer put a loaded gun in his mouth and pulled the trigger during a televised news conference in Harrisburg, one day before he was scheduled to be sentenced on a bribery and conspiracy conviction. 'It does dredge up old and difficult memories and emotions,' former Dwyer aide Greg Penny said Friday of 'Hey Man Nice Shot,' a song by the Chicago-based group Filter. Budd Dwyer is no hit with the dead man's friends and family. HARRISBURG, Pa., July 7 - A new rock song inspired by the 1987 public suicide of Pennsylvania Treasurer R.
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